Ok, I tried that driver, and it doesn't work for any external USB I have. An external Thunderbolt drive should just work, no driver for SMART support needed. My LaCie did, anyway - on the Thunderbolt interface, using Apple's Thunderbolt 2 to 3 adapter. Though that drive had a USB interface too, SMART support did not work on there. https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices <https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices> should list which drives have the required SCSI/ATA translation support, i.e. may work.
gsmartcontrol crashed on me with dyld[16578]: Symbol not found: (_gtk_plug_construct) Referenced from: '/opt/local/lib/libgtkmm-3.0.1.dylib' Expected in: '/opt/local/lib/libgtk-3.0.dylib' Abort (this was on Monterey with ports up to date) but for supported devices, smartctl from the command line works fine. > On May 17, 2024, at 22:32, Richard L. Hamilton <rlha...@smart.net> wrote: > > The port smartmontools includes the command line tool. The port gsmartcontrol > provides a GUI on top of that, if you want (I've never tried the latter). > > It won't work on USB drives without a kernel driver (not available in > MacPorts). > > https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx/usb-drive-support > <https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx/usb-drive-support> may have links and > instructions (that site is for a paid product but the kernel driver is open > source). I haven't tried that, and in particular don't have High Sierra to > try it on. > > >> On May 17, 2024, at 18:57, Riccardo Mottola via macports-users >> <macports-users@lists.macports.org >> <mailto:macports-users@lists.macports.org>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Horst Simon wrote: >>> I had todo a re-install on my 2010 MacBook Pro with High Sierra from >>> scratch, my copy of High sierra I had was corrupted and caused my all kind >>> of grief. I finally downloaded a new copy on my iMac using the command line >> Got a new disk. >> >> Using recovery partition I tried to dump/restore the partiton... but half >> during the process I got a disk error and the process aborted. Proof that it >> is gone. >> >> at the end, I changed hard disk and had to reinstall. Now salvaging data. >> I will reinstall MacPorts from scratch. Safer... and also a "test" like >> being a new user. >> >> I still am a bit disappointed by SMART. >> >> Does Macports have a tool to get SMART details? On linux there is one >> quite comprehensive! >> >> Riccardo >> >
